'crudites' on Serious Eats

With Marcella Hazan's earth-shattering bagna cauda and winter crudités in your repertoire, you'll never be tempted to include those plastic-encrusted supermarket veggie and dip platters in your New Year's Eve buffet again. More

Too many crudité platters leave me wondering where the buffalo wings are. Not that I'm knocking carrot and celery sticks, but there are other vegetables out there. Mark Bittman, author of How to Cook Everything, has a few suggestions... More